Flat-iron.



No. 873,202. PATENTBD DEC. 10, 1907. 0; e. AVERY.

v FLAT 1120M. APPLICATION FILYED MAR. 30, 1906.

.quent re CHARLES e. AVERY, or onIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

. FLAT-IRON.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. AVERY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat'Irons, of which the followlng isa specification.

' This Invention relates to new and useful improvements in flat Irons, and has for Its ob ects, first, to produce a sad iron having openings in the bottom through which a .moistenin liquid may be distributed to the cloth at t e time'of pressing; second, to afford facilities for steaming the cloth when heat and pressure are'applied to it; third, to provide means for an ample supplyof a moistening l i%lulild for continuous use without frengof the same. With these and other objects'in view my invention consists of. the novel features and combination and arrangement of arts hereinafter more specifically descri ed, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly polnted out in the claims hereunto appended.

. ence is had to the accom anying drawing In describing the invention in detail referforming a part of this specification, wherein l ke numerals of reference Indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the forward part of the iron,

' Fig. 3 is a horizontal section near the bottom and forward end of the iron, Fig. 4 is a front elevationsomewhat enlarged, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the connection of the stem with the valve crank.

To oint out one use of my invention I have s own an electrically heated fiat iron,

with such modifications and additions as will make plain my improvements.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 8 denotes the body of the iron, and

9 the handle thereof.

10 represents a tank, positioned at the rear of the handle.

11 is the pipe leading from the tank to the forward part. of the. iron, and 12 is the portion of 11 made to conform to the front end of the iron.' At 13 this pipe is suitably bent, or an elbow is em loyed to'be inserted into the outer end of t e water passage 14. 1 At 15 in the pipe 11 is an ordinary valve. with rod'16,'wh1c isadapted to be ushed'downward by the thumb of the ban grasping the handle to open the valve. The tension of I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 80,1906. SBl'ifll No. 308.915.

- valve.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907-.

spring 17 tends to keep the valve in closed position. The water distributing passage 14 preferably is small and extends parallel with and a short distance from one side of the toe of the iron, and branch 18' of the passage extends similarly alon the other side of the toe of the iron. Atsultable distances a art are perforations 19 through the bottom 0 the passage 14 and be held in place by frictional contact with the wall of the passage. If desired the outer end of passage 14 maybe ro-..

5 videdwith a female thread and the end o the pipe or elbow at 13 may be male threaded.

21 is a cap upon the tank- The outer end of the passage 18 may beplugged by any suitable means and material, as at 22.

The base or ortion 23 of the iron is of solid steel, or ot er metal, pointed at the forward end and of any desired size and weight. Lu s 24 and 25 are perforated vertically to aflor. a'position for the'rod 16. Pin 32in rod. 16 above the spring 17 resses ,down the spring'wheii 16 is operate and when the filler neck 20 of the force of the thumb 1s removed returns the.

stem to normal and closed position of the 26 is the foot (see Fig. 4) of rod 16,w'ith slot 27 in which travels 29 of the valve shaft 30. I

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail showing the foot 26 and crank 29 in closed position of the 31 is the usual wire connections of an electrically heated iron.

Asimy invention modifies only the base of the iron no detailed description or illustration is given of the construction of an electrically heated iron. p

In work requiring considerable water for continuous use through a day or more I provide the well known rubber ba or fountain and the usual rubber tube force on the neck 20 of the tank after the cap 21 is removed, and the bag or fountain suspended from the gas fixture or other place in the room. This means of supplying a quantity of water is so well understood in the arts that it is not tor and will depend upon the use of the valve passing cold water through the passages 14,

18; therefore, when the rubber bag is used I prefer also to retain the use of tank 10.

- In use of'my invention when the operator cloth the rod 16 will be depressedby the thumb when the valve 15 will be opened and the waterfiow into passages 14, 18, and

be distributed to the cloth through perfora-- tions 19 The application of moisture or steam being under the controlof the operaand the rapidity with which the iron is advanced over the cloth. V s

It will be apparent that I afford facilities for vaporizing the liquid before it is applied to the surface of the cloth, and for this purpose pipe 11, Hand 13 and passage 14 with itsbranch 18 of small diameter and limited" capacity, are provided. .It is obvious, with a hot iron, the liquid instantly will become steam and will emerge from the passage and perforations exerting a force in all directions.

This novel construction therefore enables meat will to apply steam to the whole surface to be pressed and simultaneously with the pressing. It is evident, with my construction, the cloth will not be scorched or d t 1 t t g t th i burned in the case of a too hot iron, as the esires o app y mois ure or s eam o e 1 'a small water passage and perforations in the.

bottom and near the forward end thereof, a valve-controlled pi e of small dimensions, and means adapte to supply water to the pipe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES e. AVERY. Witnesses:

S.'ELRA KELLOGG, JUs'rIN- H. HILL. 

